Norcross Greeting Card Collection
NMAH.AC.0058 Jane Odom
1986
Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents
Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Biographical / Historical...... 2 Arrangement...... 3 Scope and Contents...... 3 Names and Subjects ...... 4 Container Listing ...... 5 Series 1: Norcross Company Records, 1920 - 1981...... 5 Series 2: Antique Greeting Card Collection, circa 1800-1930 (bulk 1880-1900)...... 15 Series 3: Rust Craft Card Company Records, circa 1920-1980...... 44 Series 4: Greeting Cards by Other Manufacturers, 1939 - 1960...... 51 Series 5: Norcross Company Permanent Files, 1911 - 1981...... 57 Series 6: Rust Craft Company Permanent Files, 1927 - 1981...... 135 Norcross Greeting Card Collection NMAH.AC.0058
Collection Overview
Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Title: Norcross Greeting Card Collection
Identifier: NMAH.AC.0058
Date: 1800-1981 (bulk 1880-1881)
Creator: Norcross, Arthur Dickinson, d. 1968 (Collector) Tuck, Raphael, fl. 1880s (Designer) Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) (Manufacturer) Rust Craft Publishers (Boston, Mass.) (Manufacturer) Rust, Fred Winslow, 1877?-1949 (Collector) Prang, Louis, fl. 1880-1900 (Designer) Chase, Ernest Dudley, fl. 1920s (Designer) Rust Craft Greeting Card Company (Dedham (Mass.)) (Collector)
Source: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries (Collector)
Extent: 1,200 Cubic feet (3,010 boxes, 362 volumes)
Language: English .
Summary: Collections consists of the records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company founded in New York City in the 1920s and The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, founded in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906. Both the Norcross and Rust Craft companies collected antique greeting cards. Also includes a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1930-1980. Collection represents development of the greeting card industry, social trends in the United States and technology of the printing industry from 1924 through 1978.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Norcross Greeting Card Company, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1982-1985. Provenance Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Extractive Industries. Related Materials Materials in the Archives Center AC0109 Division of Domestic Life Greeting Card Collection, circa 1854-1975 AC0126 Burris and Byrd Family Card Sample Case, circa 1920 AC0263 Susie Paige Afro-American Greeting Card Collection, 1900-1984 AC0376 Olive Leavister 19th Century Handmade Valentine Collection, 1830-1880
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AC0404 Archives Center Business Americana Collection, circa 1900-present AC0530 Beatrice Litzinger Postcard Collection, 1900-1990 AC0468Archives Center Scrapbook Collection, circa 1880-circa 1960 AC0579 Greeting Card Collection, 1920s-1970s AC0886 Ernest Dudley Chase Papers, 1930s-1940s AC1198 Beatrice Morgan Steyskal Collection of Greeting Cards, 1958-1970 AC0060 Warshaw Collection of Business Americana AC1251 L.F. Pease Greeting Card Company Collection, circa 1908-1913 AC 1252 Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers, circa 1840-1990 AC 0062 Hoffmania (or Hoffman Collection AC0295 Rocky Herosian Collection, 1910-1943 AC0674 Jean Clairmook Radio Scrapbook, 1930-1932 AC0136 Celia K. Erskine Scrapbook of Valentines, Advertising Cards, and Postcards, circa 1882-1884 The Valentine & Expressions of Love [videocassette], 2000 within the Archives Center Miscellaneous Film and Videotape Collection, (AC0358) Processing Information Processed by Jane H. Odom, archivist, August 1986; Mary Jane Appel (intern), August 1992; Craig A. Orr, archivist, September 1992; Stacy Coates (intern), September 1996; Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, September 1997, December 1999, November 2002; and Jennifer Snyder, June 1999-December 1999; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, Archivist. Preferred Citation Norcross Greeting Card Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Restrictions Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270. Viewing the film portion of the collection without reference copies requires special appointment, please inquire. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Biographical / Historical
Arthur D. Norcross founded the Norcross Greeting Card Company in New York City in the nineteen twenties. From the start Norcross cards had a "look" which contributed to their selling success although, through the years, the company commanded only a small share of the greeting card market. In 1974 the company relocated to West Chester and Exton, Pennsylvania, where in 1981 Norcross and the Rust Craft Greeting Card Company merged to form divisions of a parent company.
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At some point, Norcross executives realized the value of collecting and preserving antique greeting cards. The company built a large collection of antique cards, a number of which traveled in shows around the country bringing attention not only to the cards themselves but also to the Norcross Company. Arthur Norcross died in 1968, and the company had four owners from then until 1982. One of the owners, the Ziff Corporation, a New York publisher, picked up the Norcross Company to augment the floundering Rust Craft Greeting Card Company that it had purchased primarily for its television holdings. Finally the Norcross and Rust Craft combination was acquired by Windsor Communications, Inc., a privately held company. In August 1981 Windsor entered into Chapter 11 proceedings under the Federal bankruptcy law and ceased producing greeting cards. Factors leading to bankruptcy included the expensive consolidation of Norcross and Rust Craft, a doubtful marketing strategy, and unsuccessful efforts to continue producing two distinct lines of greeting cards. The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, some of whose records are contained in this collection, was begun as a little bookshop by Fred Rust, (1877? 1949) in Kansas City in 1906. Later that year he created a plain Christmas folder which he called a "letter," perhaps a forerunner of the greeting card. These "letters" proved successful sellers prompting Rust to increase his publications over the years and expand his line to include post cards, greeting cards with envelopes, calendars, and blotters, in addition to lines of cards for New Year's and birthdays. Donald Rust, his brother, soon joined him to take over manufacturing, and in 1908, Fred Rust, seeking to increase distribution, carried his line to Boston while Donald carried his to California. The original bookshop was retained until 1910 when all retailing was discontinued. After building a considerable volume of business, the firm was consolidated in Boston in 1914 and became known as Rust Craft Publishers. Sales mounted as the company issued cards for various seasons. Many of the sentiments were written by Fred Rust himself. Around 1927 Ernest Dudley Chase joined the firm as an associate in charge of creation and advertising. In the 1950s the company relocated to Dedham, Massachusetts and finally in 1981 merged with the Norcross Company in West Chester and Exton, Pennsylvania. A popular innovation of the Rust Craft Company was a card bearing the sentiment printed on the card itself with four or five extra sentiments tucked in as part of the message and design. This card was so popular that it was patented with the name Tukkin. The Rust Craft Company also collected some antique greeting cards.
Scope and Contents
The Norcross Greeting Card Collection consists of cards and a few records of both the Norcross Greeting Card Company and the Rust Craft Greeting Card Company, circa 1911 1981; antique greeting cards, circa 1800 1930 (bulk 1880 1900) collected by both these companies and their executives; and a small number of modern cards by other manufacturers, circa 1939 1960. According to Norcross Company officials in 1978, this collection represents "not only a history of the development of the greeting card industry but also a history of social trends in the United States" and gives "an indication of the quality and technology of the [printing] industry from 1924 through 1978."
Arrangement
The collection is divided into six series. Series 1: Norcross Company Records, 1920-1981 Series 2: Antique Greeting Card Collection, circa 1800-1930 (bulk 1880-1990) Series 3: Rust Craft Company Records, circa 1920-1980 Series 4: Greeting Cards by Other Manufacturers, 1939-1960 Series 5: Norcross Company Permanent Files, 1911-1981 Series 6: Rust Craft Company Permanent Files, 1927-1981
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Names and Subject Terms
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:
Types of Materials: Advertisements Business records -- 20th century Chromolithographs -- 1880-1900 Color slides Greeting cards -- ca. 1800-1980 Lithographs Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1960-1980 Postcards Scrapbooks Slides (photographs) -- 1950-2000 Trade cards Valentines
Names: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Extractive Industries
Places: Boston (Mass.) -- 1910-1950 New York (N.Y.) -- 20th century
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Container Listing
Series 1: Norcross Company Records, 1920 - 1981
Scope and This series includes six cubic feet of greeting cards not in volumes and other materials. In Contents: 1924 company executives instituted the practice of mounting one printed sample of each card produced. This sample along with the original artwork was maintained in the permanent files (the Permanent Files for Norcross constitute Series five). Materials consists mainly scrapbooks of greeting cards, permanent files and additional greeting cards not in volumes. The permanent files listed here constitute a small portion of the total number of these files. The remainder is located in off site storage and waits processing. Other materials in this series include various products of the Norcross Company such as gift wrapping paper and gift tags, signature notes, almanacs, and calendars; advertising and promotional materials; sample books and a few unbound scrapbooks of cards; a small amount of artwork; and two motion picture films. The scrapbooks of greeting cards, circa 1940 1970, are marked "service book," "solid pack," "etchings," and "Holiday Ensembles." The permanent files, 1925 1965, document the production of the cards, giving the serial number, the dates of sale of most cards, and samples of each card. Occasionally, more detailed sales information is included such as number of cards sold and a rating of each card based on its total sales. The permanent files mainly include Valentine cards and are roughly arranged by serial number. The greeting cards that are not in volumes, circa 1920 1973, primarily are arranged by season or occasion. Also included are a few cards that were personalized, used in promotions or as samples, or mounted.
Subseries 1.1: Business Records, 1958-1974, 1958 - 1974
Box 1, Folder 1 Trend Report: Type and Hand Lettering Sun Designs, Sun Madness, 1958 August
Box 1, Folder 2 Trend Report: Adaptations of Fine Art, Things Men Like, Frames, 1958 October
Box 1, Folder 3 Trend Report: Gifts and Accessories, Familiar Quotations and Dolls, 1958 December
Box 1, Folder 4 Trend Report: The Occult, Musical Theatre, Disney, Antiques,, 1959 February
Box 1, Folder 5 Trend Report: Foreign Affairs, Technology, Economics, Leisure,, 1959 April
Box 1, Folder 6 Trend Report: Travel, Migration, Slang,, 1959 June
Box 1, Folder 7 Trend Report: Turn of the Century Dimension, Devices, "Brave New World Revisited", Merchandising,, October 1959
Box 1, Folder 8 Trend Report: Texture, Spanish Influences, Packaging, Simplicity,, December 1959
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Box 1, Folder 9 Trend Report: The New Decade,, February 1960
Box 1, Folder 10 Trend Report: Songs, Health Fads, Layout, Danish Design,, June 1960
Box o/s, Folder 1-3 Architectural plans, Westchester, Pennsylvania building,, 1972-1974
Box 100, Folder 6 Advertisement, Life Magazine,, undated
Subseries 1.2: Background Materials About Company,, 1967-1979
Box 1, Folder 11 Norcross News,, 1979 November
Box 1, Folder 12 Cataloguing and Appraisal of Historical Collection,, 1974
Box 1, Folder 13 Invitation to World of Color,, May 1967
Box 1, Folder 14 Invitation to Top of 244, May
Subseries 1.3: Display Materials, 1965; undated
Box 93, Folder 1 Seasonal trade, panel one,, undated
Box 93, Folder 2 Seasonal trade, panel five,, undated
Box 93, Folder 3 Seasonal trade, panel eight,, undated
Box 93, Folder 4 Seasonal trade, panel nine,, undated
Box 93, Folder 5 Seasonal trade, panel ten,, undated
Box 93, Folder 6 Seasonal trade, panel fifteen,, undated
Box 93, Folder 7 Seasonal trade, panel seventeen,, undated
Box 93, Folder 8 Seasonal trade, panel eighteen,, undated
Box 93, Folder 9 Seasonal trade, panel nineteen,, undated
Box 93, Folder 10 Seasonal trade, panel twenty-one,, undated
Box 93, Folder 11 Seasonal trade, panel twenty-three,, undated
Box 2, Folder 1 Streamers,, 1965
Box 2, Folder 2 Streamers,, undated
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Box 2, Folder 3 Streamers,, undated
Box 100, Folder 7 Point of purchase displays,, undated
Subseries 1.4: Advance Cards for the Trade,, 1927-1960
Box 2, Folder 4 1927
Box 2, Folder 5 1928
Box 2, Folder 6 1929-1932
Box 2, Folder 7 1929-1934
Box 2, Folder 8 Faraway Places Show,, 1960
Subseries 1.5: Artwork, undated
Box 2, Folder 9 General
Box 2, Folder 10 General
Box 2, Folder 11 Christmas
Box 2, Folder 12 Fluorescent Inks
Subseries 1.6: Scrapbooks and Loose Specialty Cards,, 1920-1955
Box 3, Folder 1-3 Hasty Notes,, 1951
Box 4, Folder 1 Symbol of Excellence Fancy Line Cards,, 1920 and 1923
Box 4, Folder 2-3 Symbol of Excellence Fancy Line Cards,, 1925-1931
Box 5, Folder 1-2 Gift Cards,, 1930-1947
Box 5, Folder 3-4 Thank You Cards,, 1929-1948
Box 6, Folder 1-2 Baby Cards,, 1935-1947, 1954-1955
Box 6, Folder 3-4 Military Service Cards,, 1940-1946
Mrs. Gilbert's Scrapbook of Greeting Cards, circa 1941-1957
Box 7 Animals,, 1946-1957
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Box 7, Folder [Reindeer couple in red coupe convertable: greeting card], 1953 Automobilies 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 4.0" x 4.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000004.tif (AC Scan No.) Genre/Form: Greeting cards Christmas cards
Box 7 Automobiles,, 1952-1957
Box 7 Bayberry,, 1957
Box 7 Bells,, 1946-1957
Box 7 Boots,, 1954
Box 7 Building,, 1954
Box 7 Candles,, 1947-1957
Box 8 Candy Canes,
Box 8 Chimney,, 1953
Box 8 Churches,, 1948-1954
Box 8 Coaches, 1947-1956
Box 8, Folder [Sleigh full of wrapped presents: greeting card], 1955 Coaches & Sleighs 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 3.3" x 6.3".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000005.tif (AC Scan No.) Genre/Form: Greeting cards Christmas cards
Box 8 Creche,, 1956
Box 8 Design,, 1954
Box 8 Doorway,, 1952-1957
Box 8 Drinking,, 1952-1953
Box 8 Family,, 1950 and 1954
Box 8 Fireplaces and Stoves,, 1949-1956
Box 8 Flowers,, 1954
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Box 8 Formals,, 1954 and 1956
Box 9 Girls,, 1946-1957
Box 9 Graduation
Box 10 Holly,, 1946-1956
Box 10 Houses,, 1952-1957
Box 10 Idea Cards,, 1953, 1956
Box 11 Inside Layout
Box 12 Inside Layout
Box 13 Lettering,, 1947-1953
Box 13 Mailbox addresses,, 1953-1956
Box 13 Mittens and socks,, 1952-1957
Box 13, Folder [Christmas stocking with holly and berries coming out of the top: Mittens & socks greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5.4" x 4.5".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000003.tif (AC Scan No.) Genre/Form: Greeting cards Christmas cards
Box 13 Mobile,, 1953
Box 13 Mosaics
Box 13 Music,, 1946-1952
Box 13 Office scenes,, 1952
Box 13 Ornament bows,, 1947-1957
Box 14 Parchment,, 1952-1957
Box 14 Figures (people),, 1952, 1953
Box 14 Pine,, 1947-1956
Box 14 Pixie,, 1952
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Box 14 Poinsettia,, 1947-1953
Box 14 Religious,, 1952-1957
Box 14 Scenes,, 1946-1956
Box 15 Snowflakes
Box 15 Snow people,, 1946-1956
Box 15 Solid Packs,, 1952
Box 15 Studio Line,, 1952
Box 15 Trains,, 1951-1956
Box 15 Trees,, 1946-1957
Box 15 Trolleys,, 1953
Box 16 Twosome, Threesome, Foursome, Fivesome, Sixsome,, 1941-1957
Box 16 Yarn cards,, 1952
Box 16 Wreaths,, 1946-1954
Subseries 1.8: Scrapbook of Christmas Cards, 1920-1968
Box 17, Folder 1 pages 1-40
Box 17, Folder 2 pages 41-90
Box 17, Folder 3 pages 91-130
Box 17, Folder 4 pages 131-150
Loose Sample of Cards, 1942-1960; undated
Box 18, Folder 1 Anniversary,, 1960
Box 18, Folder 2 Baby
Box 18, Folder 3 Birthday
Box 18, Folder 4 Birthday
Box 18, Folder 5 Birthday
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Box 18, Folder 6 Birthday
Box 18, Folder 7 Birthday,, circa 1960
Box 18, Folder 8 Bon Voyage
Box 18, Folder 9-10 Christmas
Box 18, Folder Easter 11-12
Box 18, Folder 13 Get Well
Box 18, Folder 14 Get Well,, 1960
Box 18, Folder 15 Graduate
Box 18, Folder 16 Halloween
Box 18, Folder 17 Miss You
Box 18, Folder 18 Mother's Day
Box 18, Folder 19 New Home
Box 18, Folder 20 New Year
Box 18, Folder 21 St. Patrick's Day
Box 18, Folder 22 Success
Box 18, Folder 23 Thank You
Box 18, Folder Valentine 24-25
Box 18, Folder 26 Valentine,, circa 1960s
Box 18, Folder 27 War
Box 18, Folder 28 Wedding
Box 18, Folder 29 Miscellaneous Cards
Box 19, Folder 1 Alcohol
Box 19, Folder 2 Environment
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Box 19, Folder 3 Ethnic
Box 19, Folder 4 Loser Valentine
Box 19, Folder 5 Poor Taste
Box 19, Folder 6 Sex
Box 19, Folder 7 Sexist
Box 19, Folder 8-11 1960s
Box 19, Folder 12 Miscellaneous
Box 19, Folder 13 Christmas, bound
Box 19, Folder 14 Winter Scenes (bound), 1942
Box 20, Folder 1 Angel-Ettes Christmas Cards,, 1945-1946
Box 20, Folder 2 One Dollar Best Wishes box assortment,, 1956
Box 20, Folder 3 One Dollar Special Wishes Box Assortment,, 1956
Box 20, Folder 4 Gingham Girl Signature Notes,, undated
Box 20, Folder 5 Honey Bunny Cards,, 1956
Box 20, Folder 6 Miniatures,, 1956
Box 20, Folder 7 Shaggy Dog Card
Box 20, Folder 8 Signature Notes
Box 20, Folder 9 Storybook Cards
Box 20, Folder 10 Triangle Cards,, 1957
Subseries 1.10: Samples of Other Products, 1927-1981; undated
Box 23, Folder 5-8 Almanac,, 1927
Box 100, Folder 8 Christmas stockings,, undated
Box 21, Folder 1 Gift tags and invitations,, undated
Box 21, Folder 2 Everyday wrapping paper,, undated
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Box 21, Folder 3 Gift wrapping paper,, 1929
Box 21, Folder 4-5 Gift wrapping paper,, undated
Box 21, Folder 6 Table tallies,, undated
Box 21, Folder 7 Tissue ties,, 1929-1931
Box 21, Folder 8 Tishu wrappings,, 1931
Box 21, Folder 9 Tishu wrappings, Christmas, 1931
Box 21, Folder 10 Tishu wrappings,, 1932
Box 21, Folder 11 Calendar,, 1960
Box 21, Folder 12 Calendar, 1981
Box 21, Folder 13 Engagement calendar,, 1981
Box 22 Tissue Ties,, undated
Subseries 1.11: Film, 1950s-1974
Item OF 58.1 Norcross Creates a Greeting Card, circa 1950s Notes: 16mm color composite optical track print, 700 feet. Promotional film showing how a greeting card is created at Rustcraft. The viewer is taken through the process of an art staff creating a greeting card. The "three ingredients" for creation are: good ideas, an art department, and an editorial department. The viewer watches an artist mock up a design featuring a purple Hippo. This design is followed until it is seen in the store. The only process not shown is the printing and cutting of the cards.
Item OF 58.2 The Statue of Liberty: Body of Iron...Soul of Fire, circa1974 Notes: 16mm color composite optical track print, 925 feet. At the beginning of the film there is a 60 second spot on restoration. The main film also is about the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, specifically of her torch. The film is "presented by American Express as a gift to the United States bicentennial celebration." Directed and photographed by Bill Jersey. Narrated by Nancy Marchand.
Subseries 1.12: Miscellaneous , 1960s
Box 23, Folder 1-4 Cardinal Spellman's Christmas cards sent to Arthur Norcross , 1940s-1960s
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Box 24 Norcross clock, undated
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Series 2: Antique Greeting Card Collection , circa 1800-1930 (bulk 1880-1900)
Scope and This series consists of twenty seven cubic feet of scrapbooks of greeting cards, greeting Contents: cards not in volumes, and antique cards used in the Norcross Traveling Greeting Card Exhibition. This material includes many handmade items as well as the products of early card manufacturers. Also included are Valentine writers and materials of card designers. Materials include mainly scrapbooks of greeting cards, greeting cards not in volumes, and antique cards used in the Norcross Travelling Greeting Card Exhibition. Also included are related products such as trade cards, postcards, calendars, and calling cards; cards and other materials of Louis Prang and Raphael Tuck; Valentine writers from which verses for cards were drawn; novelties; and a few slides. The greeting cards not in volumes are arranged primarily by season, occasion, designer and/or manufacturer, physical characteristic and visual image. Others are unsorted. The bulk of these cards are dated 1880 1900. The scrapbooks contain Valentines, Christmas and New Years cards, and sample cards. Several hundred mounted antique cards make up the Norcross Traveling Greeting Card Exhibition, circa 1825 1905. These cards are labeled with descriptive information and a set number. A small number have been un-mounted for convenience in storage and for conservation reasons. The materials of designer Louis Prang include biographical information, correspondence and notes, greeting cards and artwork, several scrapbooks of cards, a proof book and impressions, printed material, a scrapbook of Lizbeth B. Humphrey (a designer for Prang), and a few other types of material. The materials of designer Raphael Tuck include volumes of cards and novelties. Other cards by Prang and Tuck can be found in the "designer, manufacturer" category of the antique greeting cards. A number of novelties, which were perhaps exchanged in place of greeting cards or exchanged prior to the production of cards, are included as well as volumes of Valentine writers, 1800 1898, from which verses for cards were drawn. Materials include mainly scrapbooks of greeting cards, greeting cards not in volumes, and antique cards used in the Norcross Traveling Greeting Card Exhibition. Also included are related products such as trade cards, postcards, calendars, and calling cards; cards and other materials of Louis Prang and Raphael Tuck; Valentine writers from which verses for cards were drawn; novelties; and a few slides. Valentine cards include bank note cameo embossed civil war cobweb (beehive), comic (vinegar) cutouts, embossed envelopes, fans, handmade and handwritten lace-edged and lift-up. Lithograph lock of hair mechanicals. The cards are arranged first by occasion. If there is enough materials are then arranged by publisher, physical characteristics, and then general.
Subseries 2.1: Greeting Cards, 1860-1863, undated
Box 80 Assorted framed oversize,, 1862
Box 81 Assorted framed oversize,
Box 76 Assorted framed, oversize,
Box 75 Assorted framed, oversize,, undated
Box 82 Assorted framed, oversize,, 1900, 1910-1915
Box 1, Folder 1 Birth Announcements and Congratulations
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Box 1, Folder 2 Best Wishes, 1910-1925, 1930s
Box 1, Folder 3 Birthday, H. Hallett, 1950
Box 1, Folder 4 Birthday, S. Hildesheimer, 1950
Box 1, Folder 5 Birthday, E.D. Parker, 1950
Box 1, Folder 6 Birthday, Louis Prang, 1950
Box 1, Folder 7 Birthday, J. F. Schipper, 1950
Box 1, Folder 8 Birthday, True, 1950
Box 1, Folder 9 Birthday, Raphael Tuck, 1950
Box 1, Folder 10 Birthday, Marcus Ward, 1950s
Box 1, Folder 11 Birthday, Wemple and Kronheim, 1960s
Box 1, Folder 12 Birthday, fringe, 1950
Box 1, Folder 13 Birthday, tiered, 1950
Box 1, Folder 14 Birthday, silk, 1950
Box 1, Folder 15-17 Birthday, sets, 1950
Box 1, Folder 18-19 Birthday, general, 1951
Box 92, Folder 1 Birthday, general, 1952
Box 2, Folder 1 Christmas, Art Lithographic Publishing Company, 1953
Box 2, Folder 2 Christmas, Buffords Sons, 1953
Box 2, Folder 3 Christmas, Buzza, 1953
Box 2, Folder 4 Christmas, Castell Brothers, 1953
Box 2, Folder 5 Christmas, C. Caswell
Box 2, Folder 6 Christmas, Currier and Ives
Box 2, Folder 7 Christmas, A. Davis
Box 2, Folder The Season's Greetings - from one "specialist" to another! [greeting Christmas A.M. card], 1929 Davis 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 4.1" x 5.2".)
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Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000054.tif (AC Scan No.) Christmas card with illustration of two snow covered outhouses side by side and two hand reaching out windows to pass paper between. Topic: Outhouses Christmas Genre/Form: Christmas cards Greeting cards
Box 2, Folder 8 Christmas, De la Rue and Company
Box 2, Folder 9 Christmas, E.D. Dutton
Box 2, Folder 10 Christmas, Eyre and Spottiswoode
Box 2, Folder 11 Christmas, Goodall
Box 2, Folder 12 Christmas, G. S. and Company
Box 2, Folder 13 Christmas, Hagelberg
Box 2, Folder 14-15 Christmas, Hildesheimer; Hildesheimer and Faulkner
Box 2, Folder 16 Christmas, Lowell
Box 2, Folder 17 Christmas, Ernest Nister
Box 2, Folder 18 Christmas, Obpacher Brothers; O.B.
Box 2, Folder 19 Christmas, Bern. Ollendorff
Box 3, Folder 1-8 Christmas, Louis Prang
Box 4, Folder 1 Christmas, Robinson Engraving Company
Box 4, Folder 2 Christmas, J.F. Schipper
Box 4, Folder 3 Christmas, S.J.S. and Company
Box 4, Folder 4-6 Christmas, Raphael Tuck
Box 4, Folder 7-8 Christmas, Marcus Ward
Box 4, Folder 9 Christmas, W.B. and O.
Box 4, Folder 10 Christmas, Wemple and Kronheim
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Box 4, Folder 11 Christmas, George Whitney
Box 4, Folder 12 Christmas, Wirths Bros.
Box 4, Folder 13-15 Christmas, Fringe
Box 23, Folder 9 Christmas, Fringe
Box 5, Folder 1 Christmas, Lift-the-flap
Box 5, Folder 2 Christmas, Mechanical
Box 5, Folder 3 Christmas, Silk
Box 5, Folder 4-12 Christmas, general
Box 6 Christmas, general
Box 7 Christmas, general
Box 97, Folder 2 Christmas, general
Box 97, Folder 3 Christmas, general
Box 97, Folder 4 Christmas, general
Box 84 Christmas, framed oversize
Box 85 Christmas, framed oversize
Box 92, Folder 5 Christmas, undated
Box 98, Folder 1 Christmas, cut-out of boy solider, undated
Box 99, Folder 5 Christmas, mounted, 1887
Box 8, Folder 1 Christmas and New Year, Ackerman
Box 8, Folder 2 Christmas and New Year, J.W. Bufford's Sons
Box 8, Folder 3 Christmas and New Year, Eyre and Spottiswoode
Box 8, Folder 4 Christmas and New Year, De La Rue and Company
Box 8, Folder 5 Christmas and New Year, A. Davis
Box 8, Folder 6 Christmas and New Year, Hildesheimer and Company
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Box 8, Folder 7 Christmas and New Year, Louis Prang
Box 8, Folder 8 Christmas and New Year, Raphael Tuck and Sons
Box 8, Folder 9 Christmas and New Year, Marcus Ward
Box 8, Folder 10 Christmas and New Year, Fringe
Box 8, Folder 11-15 Christmas and New Year, general
Box 92, Folder 6 Christmas and New Year, general
Box 8, Folder 16 Civil War
Box 8, Folder 17 Confirmation
Box 9, Folder 1 Easter, J.W. Bufford and Sons
Box 9, Folder 2 Easter, Hagelberg
Box 9, Folder 3 Easter, Hildesheimer and Company
Box 9, Folder 4 Easter, Lowell and Company
Box 9, Folder 5 Easter, Ernest Nister
Box 9, Folder 6 Easter, Obpacher Bros.
Box 9, Folder 7-9 Easter, Louis Prang
Box 9, Folder 10 Easter, Rothe
Box 9, Folder 11-12 Easter, Raphael Tuck and Sons
Box 9, Folder 13 Easter, Marcus Ward
Box 9, Folder 14 Easter, Fringe
Box 9, Folder 15 Easter, Mechanical
Box 9, Folder 16 Easter, Silk
Box 9, Folder 17-22 Easter, general
Box 85 Easter, oversize
Box 10, Folder 1 Get Well
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Box 92, Folder 8-9 General
Box 96, Folder 8 General,
Box 10, Folder 2 Good Wishes, Raphael Tuck
Box 10, Folder 3 Greetings, Marcus Ward
Box 10, Folder 4 Happy Day, Hildesheimer
Box 10, Folder 5 May Queen, Marcus Ward
Box 92, Folder 12 Mizpah
Box 10, Folder 6 Mother's Day
Box 10, Folder 7 New Year, Castell Brothers
Box 10, Folder 8 New Year, De La Rue
Box 10, Folder 9 New Year, Eyre and Spottiswoode
Box 10, Folder 10 New Year, Hagelberg
Box 10, Folder 11 New Year, Hildesheimer and Faulkner
Box 10, Folder 12 New Year, Hildesheimer and Company
Box 10, Folder 13 New Year, Louis Prang
Box 10, Folder 14 New Year, Raphael Tuck
Box 10, Folder 15 New Year, W. B. and O.
Box 10, Folder 16 New Year, Marcus Ward
Box 10, Folder 17 New Year, Wirths Brothers
Box 10, Folder 18 New Year, other publishers
Box 10 New Year by Physical Characteristics
Box 10, Folder 19 New Year, Fringe
Box 10, Folder 20 New Year, Lift-the-flap
Box 23, Folder 10 New Year, Letter
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Box 10, Folder 21 New Year, Silk
Box 10, Folder New Year, general 22-23
Box 85 New Year, oversize
Box 11, Folder 1-6 New Year, general
Box 11, Folder 7 Newlyweds, A. Davis
Box 96, Folder 6 Non occasion,
Box 97, Folder 5 Non occasion,
Box 98, Folder 5 Non occasion,
Box 11, Folder 8 Religious, Bufford's Sons
Box 11, Folder 9 Religious, Castell Brothers
Box 11, Folder 10 Religious, De La Rue and Company
Box 11, Folder 11 Religious, Eyre and Spottiswoode
Box 11, Folder Religious, Louis Prang 12-14
Box 11, Folder 15 Religious, Raphael Tuck
Box 11, Folder 16 Religious, Wemple and Kronheim
Box 12, Folder 1-6 Religious, General
Box 12, Folder 7- 9 Rosh Hashana, General
Box 12, Folder 10 - Rosh Hashana, fold out cards 11
Box 12, Folder 12 Sympathy, Louis Prang
Box 12, Folder 13 Sympathy, General
Box 12, Folder 14 Thank You, General
Box 13, Folder 1 - 2 Valentines, Joseph Addenbrooke and Company
Box 13, Folder 3 Valentines, Berlin and Jones
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Box 13, Folder 4 Valentines, Bertini Seymour Company
Box 13, Folder 5 Valentines, Burke
Box 13, Folder 6 Valentines, Childs
Box 13, Folder 7 Valentines, Dean and Company
Box 13, Folder 8 Valentines, De La Rue
Box 13, Folder 9 - Valentines, H. Dobbs and Company 10
Box 13, Folder 11 Valentines, Dobbs, Bailey and Company
Box 13, Folder 12 Valentines, Dobbs, Kidd and Company
Box 13, Folder 13 Valentines, George Dunn
Box 13, Folder 14 Valentines, J. F. Harwood
Box 13, Folder 15 Valentines, Hildesheimer and Faulkner
Box 13, Folder 16 Valentines, Esther Howland
Box 13, Folder 16 [Gorilla valentine: greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.7" x 4.7".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000010.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustration of a seated man with a fussy baby above a poem. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 13, Folder [Gold lacey silhouettes over a colored background] [greeting card], Circa Howland 16 1840 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 3.2" x 4.8".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000039.tif (AC Scan No.) Paper lace valentine. Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 13, Folder 17 Valentines, George Humphrey
Box 13, Folder 18 Valentines, G. Ingram
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Box 13, Folder 19 - Valentines, George Kershaw 24
Box 14, Folder 1 Valentines, Edward Lloyd
Box 14, Folder 2 Valentines, Charles Magnus
Box 14, Folder 2 The Inquisitive Man: [greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 8.2" x 5.0".) Publisher: Magnus, Charles Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000006.tif (AC Scan No.) Card is illustrated with a lion dressed in a suit above a poem. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards
Box 14, Folder 2 Standard Bearer of the Kitchen Brigade: [greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 8.1" x 5.1".) Publisher: Magnus, Charles Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000007.tif (AC Scan No.) Card is illustrated with a one legged woman in Union Army jacket in front of an American Flag above a poem. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards
Box 14, Folder 21 Faithful and true [greeting card], Circa 1850 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5.9" x 4.0".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000036.tif (AC Scan No.) Lacey valentine with a dove carrying a banner stating 'faithful and true' and an image young woman. Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 14, Folder 3 - Valentines, Mansell 10
Box 14, Folder 3 Thy name is now the magic spell, by which my heart is bound, ... [greeting card], Circa 1850 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.8" x 7.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000037.tif (AC Scan No.) Paper lace valentine with a verse printed below a container of flowers. Genre/Form: Greeting cards
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Valentines
Box 14, Folder 11 Valentines, Albert Marks
Box 14, Folder 12 Valentines, J. L. M arks
Box 14, Folder 13 Valentines, S. Marks
Box 14, Folder 14 Valentines, McLaughlin Bros
Box 14, Folder 15 - Valentines, George Meek 17
Box 14, Folder 18 Valentines, W. J. Meek and Son
Box 14, Folder 19 - Valentines, David Mossman 20
Box 14, Folder 21 Valentines, New England Valentine Company
Box 14, Folder 22 Valentines, Ernest Nister
Box 15, Folder 1 Valentines, Obpacher Brothers; O.B.
Box 15, Folder 2 Valentines, A. Park
Box 15, Folder 3 Valentines, Louis Prang
Box 15, Folder 4 Valentines, Raphael Tuck
Box 15, Folder Tuck Heart speaks to Heart [greeting card], Circa 1920 4 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.8" x 7.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000055.tif (AC Scan No.) Heart shaped card with an image of a cylinder phonograph labeled 'Valentine Greetings" in the middle of a field of violets. Topic: Phonograph Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 15, Folder Tuck From Heart to Heart [greeting card], Circa 1950 4 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5.1" x 4.6".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000056.tif (AC Scan No.) Heart shaped card with an image of a boy and goat. Poem below image "He's quite expert at buttin' in, / That little goat
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of mine; / It makes him mad when you ask me / to be your Valentine." Topic: Goats Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 15, Folder 5 Valentines, Rock and Company
Box 15, Folder 6 Valentines, T. W. Strong
Box 15, Folder ? Affection, fair and truly/I plight, my love, to you, ... [greeting card], Circa 1850 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.0" x 4.5".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000035.tif (AC Scan No.) Valentine with an image of a man and woman seated together. Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 15, Folder 7 Valentines, Thornton and Collie
Box 15, Folder 8 Valentines, Marcus Ward
Box 15, Folder 9 Valentines, Westwood
Box 15, Folder 10 - Valentines, George Whitney 14
Box 15, Folder 12 [Rosebud Valentine: greeting card], Circa 1870 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.0" x 4.7".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000013.tif (AC Scan No.) Topic: Love Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 15, Folder 15 Valentines, John Windsor and Sons
Box 15, Folder 16 Valentines, Windsor
Box 98, Folder 3 Valentine, 1820-1853; undated
Box 74 Valentines, birdcage, rare English, circa 1840
Box 16, Folder 1 Valentines, braille
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Box 33, Folder 1 Valentines, bundle Valentine
Box 16, Folder 2 - 3 Valentines, cobweb (Beehive)
Box 99, Folder 1 Valentine, cut-out, undated
Box 16, Folder 4 - 8 Valentines, embossed
Box 16, Folder 6 [Lace valentine presented to Harriet by BJH: greeting card], Circa 1850 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.6" x 5.1".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000017.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustrated with putti. Topic: Love Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 16, Folder 9 Valentines, embossed without messages
Box 16, Folder 10 Valentines, embossed with messages
Box 16, Folder 11 - Valentines, envelopes attached to front 13
Box 16, Folder 14 Valentines, envelopes included (which have been sent)
Box 30, Folder 12 Valentines, financial and legal documents as Valentines
Box 30, Folder 12 [Valentine in the form of legal summons: greeting card], Circa 1870 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.7" x 4.7".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000011.tif (AC Scan No.) Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 30, Folder 12 [Valentine in the form of a promissory note: greeting card], Circa 1870 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 3.9" x 10.0".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000012.tif (AC Scan No.) Published by J. King of London. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 17, Folder 1 Valentines, fringe
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Box 17, Folder 2 Valentines, gold decoration
Box 17, Folder 3 Valentines, lock of hair
Box 17, Folder 4 - Valentines, hand colored 14
Box 17, Folder 7 Wanted a heart: [greeting card], Circa 1830 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.9" x 8.0".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000016.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustration of Cupid Agency office. Topic: Love Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 18, Folder 1 - 4 Valentines, hand colored
Box 18, Folder ? My dingy dear, when you appear ...: [greeting card], Circa 1860 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 10.1" x 8.1".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000033.tif (AC Scan No.) African American Valentine Topic: African American Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 18, Folder 5 - 7 Valentines, handmade
Box 23, Folder 1 Valentines, handmade
Box 18, Folder 8 Valentines, handwritten
Box 23, Folder 2 Valentines, hanging
Box 18, Folder 9 Valentines, hanging parts
Box 18, Folder 10 Valentines, hieroglyphic
Box 18, Folder 11 Valentines, illuminated style
Box 18, Folder 12 - Valentines, lace paper 15
Box 19, Folder 1 - Valentines, lace paper 12
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Box 19, Folder 13 Valentines, lace paper, religious harvest theme
Box 20, Folder 1 Valentines, lift-the-flap
Box 34, Folder 1 Valentines, marriage certificate - parody
Box 20, Folder 2 - 8 Valentines, mechanical, fold-out
Box 21, Folder 1 - Valentines, mechanical, fold-out 11
Box 22, Folder 1 - 2 Valentines, mechanical, fold-out
Box 23, Folder 3 - 7 Valentines, mechanical, fold-out
Box 32, Folder 1-5 Valentines, mechanical, fold-out
Box 22, Folder 3 - 8 Valentines, mechanical, moving parts
Box 24, Folder 1 Valentines, men-in-uniform
Love and Patriotism: [greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.0" x 4.6".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000008.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustrated with a man and woman walking above a poem. Topic: Love Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 24, Folder 2 - Valentines, metallic 14
Box 25, Folder 1 - 5 Valentines, metallic
Box 25, Folder 6 Valentines, mirrors attached
Box 99, Folder 6 Valentine, mounted, circa 1860
Box 96, Folder 7 Valentine, musical (sheet music), undated
Box 25, Folder 7 Valentines, pin-prick
Box 25, Folder 8 Valentines, silk
Box 25, Folder 9 - Valentines, stand-up 10
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Box 32, Folder 6 Valentines, stand-up
Box 25, Folder 11 Valentines, telegrams
Box 23, Folder 8 Valentines, tiered
Box 26, Folder 1 - 6 Valentines, tiered
Box 27, Folder 1 - Valentines, tiered 11
Box 28, Folder 1 - 2 Valentines, unrequited love series
In this recess my passion here let sway ... [greeting card], Circa 1850 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.9" x 7.8".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000034.tif (AC Scan No.) In Series 2, Box 1, Doc 688-84. Valentine with an image of a woman in dispair Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 28, Folder 3 - 4 Valentines, untinted lithographs
Box 29, Folder 1 - 9 Valentines, vinegar, comic
Box 29, Folder 7, Miss Gray Hairs and Wrinkles [color graphic], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.3" x 6.9") Creator: McLoughlin Bros. (publisher?) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000040 (AC Scan No.) Color cartoon Valentine with poem. Reproduced in black-and-white in Barry Shank, A Token of My Affection: Greeting Cards and American Business Culture, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, p. 44. Topic: Wit and humor -- 1880-1900 Genre/Form: Comics Cartoons (humorous images) Valentines Caricatures Poems
Box 29, Folder 4, Nasty Old Bachelor [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.3" x 6.9") Creator: McLoughlin Bros. (publisher?) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000046 (AC Scan No.)
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Color cartoon Valentine card with dailogue balloons and poem below image. Creators unidentified, but possibly published by McLoughlin Brothers. Reproduced in black-and-white in Barry Shank, A Token of My Affection: Greeting Cards and American Business Culture, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, p. 45 top. Topic: Wit and humor -- 1880-1900 Genre/Form: Comics Valentines -- 1830-1880 -- U.S. Cartoons (humorous images) Caricatures Poems
Box 29, Folder 4 Henpicked Wretch: [greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.0" x 4.6".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000009.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustration of a seated man with a fussy baby above a poem. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder 9 Something like a Valentine: [greeting card], Circa 1880 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.3" x 4.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000014.tif (AC Scan No.) Illustrated with lifestyle offerings. Topic: Love Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder 9 Vagrant act: [greeting card], Circa 1870 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 7.3" x 4.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000015.tif (AC Scan No.) By order of St. Cupid's act for the reform of Bachelors illustrated man in stocks. Topic: Wit and humor Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder [White lacey silhouettes over a colored background] [greeting card], Circa Howland 16 1840 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 3.2" x 4.8".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English.
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Notes: AC0058-0000038.tif (AC Scan No.) Paper lace valentine. Genre/Form: Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder 7, Mr. Carver how could you propose ... [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.5" x 7.4".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000041.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man with a large red nose at a workbench. Remainder of poem below image: "...To look a wife with such a nose; / Besides the drunken life you've led, / I could not think with you to wed." Topic: Alcoholism Workbenches Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder To a Clerk [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 6 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 10.4" x 7.7".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000042.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man writing at a tall desk. Poem below image: "You poor pen driver, with your inky fingers, / Constant drudgery still o'er you lingers, / The plan of your future I plainly can see, / A slave to your books and bottle you'll be; / Unless, indeed your employer discovers, / The demon, embezzlement, over you hovers." Topic: Alcoholism Clerks Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder On the Look-out for a Son-in-Law for her Mother [greeting card], Circa Vinegar 5 1890 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.9" x 7.3".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000043.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a woman walking a dog. Poem below image: "You dress so very smart and grand, / That lovers stare, yet wont propose, / The fact is this my dazzling Miss, / They are frightened at your clothes." Topic: Betrothal Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
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Box 29, Folder Tis alas too true as I've often heard said, ... [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 5 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.7" x 7.3".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000044.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a nursery maid with struggling with three children. Remainder of poem below image: "... You're a careless, unfeeling sham nursery maid, / Pray who would wed charms such as thine, / Or have such a slut for a valentine." Topic: Nannies Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder The Swell Clerk [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 4 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.7" x 7.0".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000045.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a well dressed man. Poem below image: "Go away you homely little dude, or I'll hit you with a feather, / I really think t'would make you wilt, though I'd prefer it leather. / As for your natty suit of clothes, that you love to sport about, / You'll stick it in a pawn-shop before the month is out. / The girls think you are silly, or what is even worse, / A dude who has an empty head, and owns an empty purse." Topic: Clerks Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder A pretty little Milliner, ... [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 4 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.1" x 7.1".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000047.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a woman sitting in a chair. Remaining poem below image: "... Of course there is no ill in her; / But if she wants a Valentine, / She must at once take down her sign. / For, O, that bottle nose doth show / Where the profits on the bonnets go." Topic: Millinery workers Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder Tin Smith [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 3 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.4" x 6.8".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
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Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000048.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man at workbench cutting tin with large shears. Poem below image: "You miserable clipper of tin! / You boozy old swiller of gin! / There's naught in the way of a sin / That you're not a graduate in. / But some-day the Devil will pin / You, and, tucking you under his fin, / In spite of your howls and your din, / Down to Sheol with you he will spin." Topic: Tin Alcoholism Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder My Lovely Blacksmith [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.8" x 7.0".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000049.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man at a forge. Poem below image: "Blow, bellows, blow, the flames are high, / And my bold Smith has a flame in his eye; / Poor silly fool, he may go to pot, / If he cannot strike while the iron is hot." Topic: Blacksmithing Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder Men and women all admire ... [Bricklayer] [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.5" x 6.9".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000050.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man laying bricks. Poem below image: "Men and women all admire / A man who is a brick, / But a mortar-spreading knave like you, / Is enough to turn one sick." Occupation: Bricklayers Bricklayers Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder Skating's all right ... [greeting card], Circa 1910 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 8.8" x 6.6".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000051.tif (AC Scan No.)
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Vinegar valentine, with image of a man and woman ice skating. Remaining poem below image: "... My fine friend and true / But doesn't the thought / of thin ice bother you?" Topic: Ice skating Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder A Clerk [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 8.7" x 6.6".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000052.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man at desk. Poem below image: "How few of clerks there are who know, / There's little worth in outside show; / However well they dress'd may be, / All brainless heads are plain to see." Topic: Clerks Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 29, Folder The true Billingsgate Fishmonger [greeting card], Circa 1890 Vinegar 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 9.6" x 6.7".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.)) Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000053.tif (AC Scan No.) Vinegar valentine, with image of a man selling fish. Topic: Fish vendors Genre/Form: Vinegar Valentines Greeting cards Valentines
Box 34, Folder 2-3 Valentines, vinegar, comic
Box 28, Folder 5 Valentines, wedding rings attached
Box 28, Folder 6 Valentines, Woodcut
Box 28, Folder 7 Broken pieces from Valentines
Box 28, Folder 8-13 Valentines, general
Box 30, Folder 1-11 Valentines, general
Box 31, Folder 1 Valentines, mounted,
Box 34, Folder 4 Valentines, general
Box 73 Valentine, framed oversize,
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Box 74, Folder 1 Valentine, musical three dimensional card,
Box 75 English "Bird Cage" Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 76 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 77 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 78 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 79 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 83 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 85 Valentine, framed oversize,
Box 91, Folder 4 Valentine
Box 92, Folder 16 Valentine, love
Box 95, Folder 1 Valentine,
Box 95, Folder 2 Valentine,
Box 97, Folder 1 Valentine
Box 98, Folder 4 Valentine
Subseries 2.2: Other Types of Cards and Materials,
Box 99, Folder 8 Article, Gleason's Pictorial, relates to Valentine's Day,
Box 100, Folder 2 Article, Harper's Weekly, relates to Valentine's Day,
Box 92, Folder 2-3 Blank, business, calling and compose your own message, undated
Box 35, Folder 1 Calendars
Box 35, Folder 1 Calling Cards
Box 35, Folder 2 Christmas artwork,
Box 99, Folder 4 Christmas artwork,
Box 100, Folder 5 Christmas artwork,
Box 99, Folder 6 Christmas, poster,
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Box 99, Folder 7 Drawings by Kate Greenway for St. Valentine's Day,
Box 91, Folder 3 Easter plaque,
Box 91, Folder 1 Fan
Box 35, Folder 3-4 General
Box 99, Folder 3 Gift card to M.C. from her uncle Jos. De Boffee, esq.,
Box 92, Folder 17 Greeting cards with slides,
Box 92, Folder 10 Handmade, painted,
Box 92, Folder 11 Handmade, painted,
Box 100, Folder 1 Images of St. Valentine's Day,
Box 35, Folder 5 New Year's
Box 78 Marriage certificate,
Box 99, Folder 9 Paper with Asian scenes,
Box 100, Folder 4 Pencil sketch of Christmas scene,
Box 35, Folder 6 Postcards, assorted
Box 35, Folder 7-8 Postcards, Christmas
Box 35, Folder 9 Postcards, Easter
Box 35, Folder 10 Postcards, New Year's
Box 35, Folder 11 Postcards, Patriotic
Box 35, Folder 12 Postcards, Thanksgiving
Box 35, Folder Postcards, Valentine's 13-14
Box 92, Folder 13 Postcards, general greetings,
Box 35, Folder Envelopes 15-16
Box 35, Folder 17 Gift tags
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Box 35, Folder Paste on parts 18-20
Box 36, Folder 1 Visual image cards, adults
Box 36, Folder 2 Visual image cards, animals
Box 36, Folder 3-4 Visual image cards, children
Box 92, Folder 4 Visual image cards, children
Box 36, Folder 5 Visual image cards, figures with wings
Box 36, Folder 6-7 Visual image cards, flowers and plants
Box 92, Folder 7 Visual image cards, flowers and plants
Box 36, Folder 8 Visual image cards, scenes
Box 36, Folder 9 Visual image cards, scenes, Massachusetts series
Box 92, Folder 14 Visual image cards, scenes
Box 92, Folder 15 Visual image cards, seasons
Box 86; Sink mats made by john's class of small glassed greetings Box 87
Box 89; Sink mats made by john's class of small glassed greetings Box 90
Box 94 Materials requiring custom housing
Subseries 2.3: Norcross Traveling Exhibition of Antique Cards, 11825-1905; undated
Box 37, Folder 1 Calendar included in the traveling exhibition
Box 37, Folder 2-5 Labels for the traveling exhibition
Box 37, Folder 6-18 Un-mounted greetings used in the traveling exhibition
Box 38; Mounted boards with cards used in traveling exhibition Box 39; Box 40; Box 41; Box 42;
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Box 43; Box 44; Box 45; Box 46; Box 47; Box 48; Box 49; Box 50; Box 51; Box 52; Box 53; Box 54; Box 55; Box 56
Box 91, Folder 5 Plaques, Norcross Historical Greeting Card Collection displays, 1undated
Subseries 2.4: Bound Salesmen Books of Sample Cards and Scrapbooks, 11889-1890; undated
Box 57, Folder 1 Loose pages from a scrapbook of valentines, 1undated
Box 57, Folder 2 Scrapbook of Victorian greeting cards, 1undated
Box 57, Folder 3 Salesmen book of sample calling cards from the Ohio Card Company, undated
Box 58 Salesmen book of sample Christmas and New Year's cards from the Lock and Nathan Company, book two, 11889-1890 season
Box 59 Salesmen book of sample hand painted Christmas cards and novelties from the Raphael Tuck and Sons Company, undated Notes: Materials are fragile.
Box 60 Salesmen book of sample prize exhibition Valentine and Easter cards from the Raphael Tuck and Sons Company, undated
Subseries 2.5: Prang Company Related Materials, 1863-1908; undated
Box 98, Folder 2 General artwork, 1874, 1876
Box 61, Folder 2 Christmas/New Year's card announcements and price lists, 11875, 1877-1879, 1882
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Box 61, Folder 19 Incoming correspondence, 11875-1888
Box 63, Folder 14 Valentine cards price lists, 11879-1888
Box 61, Folder 15 Letters to the trade from Prang Company,
Box 61, Folder 16 Press releases,
Box 61, Folder 4 Christmas card competition announcements,
Box 61, Folder 10 Easter goods and price lists,
Box 61, Folder 12 Valentines order forms and catalog,
Box 61, Folder 14 News articles about Louis Prang and Company,
Box 69 Prang Christmas and New Year card painted by L.B. Humphreys, Boston,
Box 61, Folder 5 Third Christmas card design competition conditions,
Box 61, Folder 6 Invitations and admission cards for Prize Design competitions,1
Box 61, Folder 7 Third Prize Christmas card design announcement with picture, 11881
Box 61, Folder 8 Easter publications catalog,
Box 96, Folder 4 The Making of the Christmas Card, proof set impressions,
Box 61, Folder 17 Reprinted article booklets: "Charcoal as Applied to the Deposition of Gold from Chlorine Solutions, and its Perfect Separation from Copper and other Impurities" by William Morris Davis, circa 1883
Box 61, Folder 13 Valentine card design announcement,
Box 63, Folder 13 Easter Cards price lists, 11884-1890
Box 63, Folder 12 Christmas and New Year Cards Price Lists, 11885-1889
Box 61, Folder 3 Announcement of competition for essays on Christmas cards, 11885
Box 61, Folder 1 Holiday Goods advertisement, 11888
Box 67, Folder 2 Bound volume, Child Life: A Souvenir of Elizabeth Bullock Humphrey, A Collection of her most Popular Designs with a Biographical Sketch by Mary J. Jacques published by L. Prang and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1890
Lizbeth Humphrey [drawing], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5.4" x 4.1".) Collector: Norcross Greeting Card Company (New York (N.Y.))
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Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000001.tif (AC Scan No.) In Series 2, Box 7, Folder 2. Names: Humphrey, Lizbeth Bullock, 1841- Topic: Illustrators Genre/Form: Portraits -- Women Drawings
Snowbound [greeting card], undated 1 Item (Ink on paper.; 5.9" x 8.4".) Designer: Humphrey, Lizbeth Bullock, 1841- Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000002.tif (AC Scan No.) In Series 2, Box 7, Folder 2. llustration of three children sitting by a fireplace, bordered by poem by J. G. Whittier. Names: Humphrey, Lizbeth Bullock, 1841- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 Topic: Fireplaces Winter Genre/Form: Greeting cards
Child Life: a Souvenir of Lizbeth B. Humphrey [folio], 1890 1 Item (Ink on paper.) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Image(s) Publisher: L. Prang & Co. Language: English. Notes: AC0058-0000057-01 thru -06.tif (AC Scan No.) In Series 2E, Box 7, Folder 2. Loose pages of Lizbeth Humphrey illustrations. Only selected pages are scanned. Names: Humphrey, Lizbeth Bullock, 1841- Topic: Children Genre/Form: Illustrations
Box 61, Folder 9 Easter net trade lists,
Box 96, Folder 2 Easter artwork,
Box 61, Folder 11 Advertisements for Easter book,
Box 63, Folder 15 Illustrated Catalogue of Fine Arts Studio,
Box 63, Folder 10 Educational company bulletin,
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Box 61, Folder 7 Preliminary artwork for Christmas cards designs;
Box 96, Folder 1 Christmas artwork, undated
Box 61, Folder 18 Booklet, "Louis Prang";
Box 63, Folder 11 Newspaper article from the American Lithographer and Printer on Louis Prang and his view on the war tariff;
Box 61, Folder 20 Envelope with Prang return address;
Box 61, Folder 21 Advertising cards;
Box 61, Folder 22 Prang proof book;
Box 63, Folder 9 Prang's handwritten notes on California mining venture;
Box 100, Folder 3 Artwork,
Box 96, Folder 5 Religious artwork,
Box 9, Folder 1 Miscellaneous lithographs;
Box 9, Folder 2 Photograph, Louis Prang,
Box 99, Folder 2 Image of Louis Prang,
Box 96, Folder 3 Display signs,
Box 62?, Folder 18? Prang miscellaneous materials,
Lithographs and Water Color Studies,
Box 62, Folder 1 Adults
Box 63, Folder 1 Adults, oversize
Box 62, Folder 2 Angels
Box 63, Folder 2 Angels, oversize
Box 62, Folder 3 Animals
Box 62, Folder 4 Calendars
Box 62, Folder 5-6 Children
Box 63, Folder 3 Children, oversize
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Box 62, Folder 7 Christmas
Box 62, Folder 8 Easter
Box 62, Folder 9-10 Flowers
Box 63, Folder 4 Flowers, oversize
Box 62, Folder 11 Flowers, "The Old Homestead"
Box 62, Folder 12 Flowers, Patriotic
Box 62, Folder 13 Flowers, Plants
Box 62, Folder 14 Flowers, Religious
Box 63, Folder 5 Religious, oversize
Box 62, Folder Scenes 15-16
Box 63, Folder 6 Scenes, oversize
Box 62, Folder 17 Violets with verses
Box 63, Folder 8 Mining Venture list,
Bound Salesmen's Sample Books of Cards and Scrapbooks
Box 64 Sample book
Box 65 Sample book, Christmas and New Year's cards,
Box 66, Folder 1 Bound volume, sets of greeting cards, undated
Box 66, Folder 2 Sample book, Christmas and New Year's cards,
Box 67, Folder 1 Sample book, Birthday, Christmas and Valentine cards,
Box 68 Scrapbook of friendship, birthday, Christmas, fan samples, centennial souvenirs and valentine cards created by Frank W. Rust and presented to the Boston Public Library,
Box 69, Folder 1 Loose sheets from a bound sample book containing Easter cards,
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Subseries 2.6: Raphael Tuck Company Related Materials
Box 70 Scrapbook of Christmas cards,
Subseries 2.7: Ernest Dudley Chase Materials,
Box 88, Folder 1 Scrapbook, Christmas
Box 88, Folder 2 Scrapbook, Christmas
Box 88, Folder 3 Loose greeting cards created for Rustcraft,
Box 71 Scrapbook of personal greeting cards sent to Ernest Chase,
Box 88, Folder 4 Loose greeting cards created for Rustcraft,
Subseries 2.8: Valentine Writers
Box 72, Folder 1 "Cupid's Cabinet",
Box 72, Folder 2 Banks through Dean and Company
Box 72, Folder 3 Dean and Company
Box 72, Folder 4 Dean and Munday through Hughes
Box 72, Folder 5 Ker through Kidwell
Box 72, Folder 6 Mather through Perks
Box 72, Folder 7 Richardson through Thomas
Box 72, Folder 8 Ward and Lock through Strong
Box 72, Folder 9 Marcus Ward,
Box 34, Folder 5 Valentine Writers
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Series 3: Rust Craft Card Company Records, circa 1920-1980
Scope and This series includes ten cubic feet of sample books of greeting cards, additional greeting Contents: cards not in volumes, and audio visual materials. Primarily includes sample books of greeting cards and a few other types of material in volumes. There are additional greeting cards not in volumes and audio visual materials. Other materials in this series include additional products of the Rust Craft Com